NowHere exists to respond to the under-addressed needs in humanitarian and philanthropic work—especially where traditional funding hesitates. We offer both financial and technical support to bold, community-rooted nonprofit efforts.
Philosophy
We specialize in trust-based philanthropy, executive coaching, and partnership grants. We support leaders as thought partners, not gatekeepers.
Approach
Responsive, risk-tolerant grantmaking
Board and executive coaching
Technical assistance (governance, systems, board development)
How we work
Flexible, relationship-first support
Community-driven solutions
Values-aligned partnerships
Our Team
Jacqueline Nkhonjera
Jacqueline Nkhonjera is a mission-driven leader, strategist, and poet devoted to moving resources toward imaginative futures. As Chief Operating Officer of NowHere Fund, she builds the operational architecture that allows ambitious grantmaking to reach the people and ideas that need it most.
Previously, as President of Hunt Alternatives, Jacqueline led the 45-year-old foundation as it began its final chapter, placing its most effective initiatives in lasting homes across nonprofit, academic, governmental, and multilateral institutions. She also advises philanthropists and philanthropic leaders through moments of change, growth, and reinvention.
Her career took root in the newsrooms of NPR and CNN and has since spanned continents and causes, from racial justice and gender equity to LGBTQ+ rights and climate resilience. Across it all, she is guided by a deep belief in the goodness and possibility of people, and in the power of storytelling to create lasting change.
Chief Operating Officer 
Stephen Brackett
As Director of Core Partnerships, Stephen Brackett bridges the worlds of art, education, and grassroots organizing to build power within communities. Born and raised in Denver, Stephen’s life work is rooted in the belief that creativity is a vital tool for systemic change. This conviction drove him to co-found the protest-music project NOENEMIES, the youth empowerment organization Youth On Record, and perform as a member of Flobots. Guided by Ephesians 6:12—the understanding that our true struggles are against unjust systems and powers, not each other—Stephen focuses on amplifying marginalized voices. He finds his joy in tricksterism, giant toppling, spitting hot fire, and playing left-handed clawhammer banjo.
Director of Core Partnerships
Community Engagement Coordinator
Doug Fulton
Doug Fulton is a Denver native with more than 30 years of experience spanning education, community engagement, professional sports, and philanthropy. Throughout his career, including his work with Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, Doug has been committed to building stronger communities and creating opportunities for children and families.
Doug has served on nonprofit boards and community organizations focused on mental health, child and family services, the prevention of child abuse and neglect, and community engagement. His service includes involvement with CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), supporting its mission to advocate for children who have experienced abuse and neglect. He was also a member of the Leadership Denver Class of 2024.
Doug joined NowHere in November 2024 and brings to his board service a longstanding commitment to community leadership, advocacy, and philanthropy. He lives in Denver with his wife, Allison Neckers, and their son, Wondi.
Lillian & Rodney
CEO and President (respectively)
Lillian was raised in family traditions of giving; financially when possible, with talent when available, and always by devoting time to the love and service of others. She has spent much of her philanthropic career focused on supporting holistic approaches to mental health, environmental defense, and equity. Lillian believes funders are most effective when working as partners in values-driven work. Over the past 16 years, Lillian, along with Rodney, has directed NowHere in empowering nonprofits and building community across focus areas and the different geographic, economic and social sectors of Colorado.
Rodney, one of five children, is a Colorado native who was raised in an environment of service. His father was a union man and his mother worked for several different nonprofits during his childhood while together they also operated a receiving home for foster children, an experience that helped shape his lifelong love of studying the human condition. He earned a BA in anthropology from what is now Colorado State University Pueblo and spent 23 years as a bookseller. He has served on several boards, and for the past 16 years he and his wife, Lillian, have worked to preserve and expand innovative nonprofit responses to the needs of Colorado's communities.
Operations & Events CoordinatorErin Roberts
Erin Roberts supports operations at NowHere Fund, where she keeps programs, logistics, and partnerships running smoothly.
Erin brings a diverse background in arts management, nonprofit operations, and program coordination, and is dedicated to leading and supporting projects and programs that connect and empower communities. Erin previously served as Director of Music Ecosystems at Youth On Record, and Operations & Community Manager at The Music District in Fort Collins, among other roles across the arts and nonprofit sectors.
Outside of work, Erin is a musician who performs with the indie/alt-country project Porlolo, and a sports fan who never misses a chance to catch a game or yell at the television screen. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with her family and menagerie of pets.
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Values
Equality
We believe we are all small parts of a whole. What empowers and uplifts any aspect of the whole enriches the lives of us all.
Stewardship
The value of the natural world is not dependent on human enjoyment, and we have a duty to care for and protect our environment.
Integrity
We seek to partner with and support people and organizations whose work is grounded in core values of honesty, justice, compassion, consistency, and openness.
Diversity
Wisdom and merit are not the purview of any one walk of life. We seek projects that connect communities to the benefit of us all.
Innovation
We support entrepreneurial thinking and approaches to have greater impact on social issues.
Broadening Knowledge
The NowHere Fund is committed to continuous learning about the field of philanthropy. As we deepen our understanding of the tools, approaches, and possibilities of philanthropy we strengthen our sense of belonging in relation to a heritage of activism and giving.